Thais Drop Peace Bombs On Muslims (Millions of folded paper cranes)

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Millions of folded paper cranes fluttered down from warplanes in the skies over southern Thailand Sunday as the air force completed a mission of peace aimed at expressing the nation's hope for an end to separatist violence in the Muslim-dominated region.



The gesture, however, failed to damp the unrest, with police saying they defused a 22-pound bomb Sunday on a crowded road where many people were waiting to gather the paper birds.

Encouraged by the government, Thais across the country — Cabinet ministers, office workers, schoolchildren and even convicts — have been busily folding the Japanese-style origami birds for the past two weeks.

The government claims some 120 million birds — considered symbols of peace and reconciliation — have been folded for the occasion, also meant to honor Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej on his 77th birthday Sunday.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/12/05/world/main659122.shtml

[tk2kewl]

1. maybe we should drop Buddy Jesus on the Iraqis

[mattclearing]

7. Awesome.

The buddy Jesus on top of my monitor salutes you.

[Merlin]

8. Can you make Buddy Christ out of origami!

Man, that's amazing!

[xultar]

2. Now that's a bomb that I'd like to use in Iraq, Afghanistan, everywhere

including the Red states here.

[VivaKerry]

3. Now that is a wonderful thing...

Let's start folding.. and dump millions of them over the red states.....

[TahitiNut]

5. We only know how to fold "cootie catchers"

:shrug: Most Amurikans think "origami" is a bad word.

[1monster]

6. How to make an origami crane...

http://www.monkey.org/~aidan/origami/crane/

I just learned how to make a really neat little origami geometric figure in a geometry class I was subbing the other day. It was fun and easy... and looks so much harder than it is.

[llmart]

4. Would that our government......

do something to promote peace instead of bombing the shit out of countries unable to defend themselves.

Other countries are putting us to shame. Of course, we brought it on ourselves.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

9. That's so cool

That made me smile. And also remember that the world is filled with people like this. (Even in this country!!) Look at all of us, right?

(off of cheesy rant - sorry)

:hi:

[montana_hazeleyes]

10. This photo

actually brought tears to my eyes.

[crispini]

11. The Thai royal family simply rawks.

They are very cool, very concerned, very involved people.